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That's incorrect, the verification happens fully locally. The check app occasionally has to update trusted certificates but otherwise it runs locally. No person
by sc11 5y ago
That's incorrect, the verification happens fully locally. The check app occasionally has to update trusted certificates but otherwise it runs locally. No personal data is sent to any kind of server.
- throwaway55421 5y agoUntil it auto updates. If it even matches the source as is. Play Store and App Store are non reproducible.
- sc11 5y agoIt's on f-droid with reproducible builds. Obviously there's a risk that the person scanning the QR code does shady things with it but it's rather unlikely the app itself will. It would be caught really quickly.
- simion314 5y agoDo you pay cash when you go to restaurants or shopping? If you pay electronically then why do you trust the payment system? (it is not open source,reproducible and for sure your purchases contain much more data then what you imply the QR code scanner collects)
- emteycz 5y agoYes. And meal tickets for most people here - so cash equivalent.
- lmm 5y agoMany Germans refuse to use anything but cash for that very reason, so this isn't a very strong argument.
- throwaway55421 5y agoYes.